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UNIVERSITY COURIER.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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PERLEE R. BENNETT, '86...Fortnight.
AGNES EMERY, '84...{ Literary.
H. T. GRAHAM, '86...
GLEN L. MILLER, '84...Editorial.
J. B. LIPPINCOTT, '85...{ Scientific.
G. M. WALKER, '85...
E. E. RITCHIE, '86...Views.
CHAS METCALFE, '84...Normal.
J. E. CURRY, '86...Swaps.
NETTIE BROWN, '86...Personal.
W. Y. MORGAN, '85...{ The Corridors
NETTIE HUEBARD, '85...
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THE CONTEST.
We throw out several departments in this issue to make room for the contest productions of the literary societies. We print these articles for two reasons: First, they are good reading; second, they illustrate the character of student thought. They are practical; they are tersely written; they contain sound sense. We do not for a moment say they are free from criticism, but with a few exceptions they are articles of which the University, the students, and the writers may feel proud.
The entertainments of the literary societies have a splendid effect. Almost every society member is a candidate for honors, and a candidate must have a good record to be elected. Again, the representatives chosen feel compelled to put forth their best effort in behalf of their respective organizations.
The contest portion of the program is decidedly pernicious. The decision of the judges, whichever way the scales may turn in their estimation, by no means decides the relative merits of the societies. In the first place no two judges will decide alike, and in the second, the performers are sometimes far above and sometimes far below the average of the societies they represent. Every hearer will rely upon his own judgment anyway. If the decision of the referees was left out, each performer would stand on his own merits, the cries of "partiality" would be no longer heard and each society would obtain all the honor due it.
A SHAME.
The University has far less to fear just now from the attacks made on it from abroad, than from the treatment it is receiving at home. We refer to the relation of Lawrence to the students. The students do not ask the people here for financial help or social recognition; but they do demand, and have a right to demand, more and better accommodations in the way of board than they are now receiving. We spoke in pretty strong terms on this subject last year. Since that time the trouble has grown continually worse. We hear complaints from students every day, couched in no mild terms. Especially previous is the treatment of the University girls, there seeming to be a great prejudice in Lawrence to "lady boarders." Our boys would be better able to endure such procedure, but to ladies it is shameful. We know several students—the most refined, popular, and lady-like in the institution—who have been hunting for good places since the opening of the school, in the meantime being compelled to put up with indifferent fare in order to remain here at their studies.
One of two things must follow. The people of Lawrence must pay more respect to